SHARING SPACE IN THE STABLE - BOUNDARIES
Essential Horsemanship
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7m 32s
Training horse Zeppy has his first official session at HoH HQ. Mia goers over how to put in a block or barrier into the space to establish boundaries, whilst not offending the horse.
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